Executions to Resume in California?: According to California prison officials, new lethal injection procedures went into effect on Sunday for executions in the state. After scheduling of executions in California was put on hold in 2006, the state was required to undergo a time consuming regulatory adopting process - which it completed on Sunday. A superior court judge, however, ordered an indefinite ban on executions "unless and until" she says otherwise. Prison officials claim they plan on going forward with any planned executions - the first of which has been scheduled for September 29th - but will honor the judge's order if it remains in effect at that time. Read the AP's story here.
Solidarity on Ohio's Death Row: One Ohio death row inmate is seeking to keep a fellow death row inmate alive long enough to testify on his behalf, reports the AP. Inmate #1, Danny Lee Hill, was sentenced to death for raping and killing a 12-year-old boy in 1985. He has argued - unsuccessfully - for years that he is mentally disabled and thus cannot be constitutionally executed. He is now asking a federal judge to delay the execution of inmate #2, Kevin Keith, who is scheduled for execution on September 15th for killing three people, including a 4-year-old girl, in 1994. (Read CJLF's previous post about Keith here.) Hill claims that as his fellow inmate, Keith can attest to Hill's mental disability by providing information about Hill's infrequent bathing and cell-cleaning habits.
"Victims Visitors' Day": The Daily Citizen (GA) has this story about Georgia's countywide "Victims Visitors' Days," at which crime victims and their relatives have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with members of the state parole board. Victims can receive information about the offender's current status, "have input" into the parole process, and meet with victim service providers. One former member of the state's pardons and parole board said that the events often provide some relief to victims and help them on their paths to recovery. Since 2006, 13 Victims Visitors' Days have been held in Georgia.
Solidarity on Ohio's Death Row: One Ohio death row inmate is seeking to keep a fellow death row inmate alive long enough to testify on his behalf, reports the AP. Inmate #1, Danny Lee Hill, was sentenced to death for raping and killing a 12-year-old boy in 1985. He has argued - unsuccessfully - for years that he is mentally disabled and thus cannot be constitutionally executed. He is now asking a federal judge to delay the execution of inmate #2, Kevin Keith, who is scheduled for execution on September 15th for killing three people, including a 4-year-old girl, in 1994. (Read CJLF's previous post about Keith here.) Hill claims that as his fellow inmate, Keith can attest to Hill's mental disability by providing information about Hill's infrequent bathing and cell-cleaning habits.
"Victims Visitors' Day": The Daily Citizen (GA) has this story about Georgia's countywide "Victims Visitors' Days," at which crime victims and their relatives have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with members of the state parole board. Victims can receive information about the offender's current status, "have input" into the parole process, and meet with victim service providers. One former member of the state's pardons and parole board said that the events often provide some relief to victims and help them on their paths to recovery. Since 2006, 13 Victims Visitors' Days have been held in Georgia.
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